FOX Sports has moved quickly to snatch Matthew Johns in the wake of his dramatic refusal to rejoin Channel 9's The Footy Show.
It is Super Bowl Sunday, the day football fans all over America will invite friends over, put out their favorite snacks, settle into their sofas early in the day, and … watch an English Premier League match between Manchester United and Chelsea?
This Saturday, the UFC will broadcast its first event on FOX since the largest MMA organization and largest television network officially began their partnership at the beginning of 2012. The event, which will actually mark the UFC's second appearance on FOX after a teaser event on the channel in 2011, will be headlined by light heavyweight contenders Rashad Evans and Phil Davis. The winner of ...
Nothing overtly disastrous happened at UFC on Fox 2 last night. In the three fights that aired on the network, no one was seriously injured. No one dropped an F bomb over the air. Everyone chewed with their mouths closed. Then again, nothing overly memorable happened, either. And when you're grading on the curve that is a major broadcast TV event, that may be enough to call it a disaster. Even ...
Called AXS (short for access), the cable network is envisioned to focus primarily on live programming aimed at entertainment aficionados. Called AXS (short for access), the cable network is envisioned to focus primarily on live programming aimed at entertainment aficionados.
After watching all the buttdowns, awkward graphics, and ads we'd already seen on YouTube, regular Super Bowl viewers may have noticed something strange about yesterday evening's postgame coverage: It was much shorter than normal. According to Sports Media Watch, there was only 15 minutes of postgame in the half-hour time slot set aside between 10 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. to debrief fans on the game. ...
ESPN still wears the crown in this company's kingdom despite the increasing costs of sports programming.
Ryan Seacrest, Mark Cuban, AEG and Creative Artists Agency will form AXS, a pop culture and music cable channel. It will replace Cuban's HDNet. Concert giant AEG is teaming up with Ryan Seacrest, Mark Cuban and Hollywood powerhouse talent firm Creative Artists Agency to launch a pop culture and music cable channel that is expected to debut in June.
Was UFC on Fox 2 better than the show's November debut? Sort of. While the telecast's panel was much informed, its presentation and fights left much to be desired, writes Loretta Hunt.
Without much fanfare, soccer will take another big step into the American mainstream this weekend when Manchester United's game at Arsenal becomes the first English Premier League match to be televised live by a U.S. over-the-air network.
Signing up for live matches on your mobile phone or tablet - how do you do it?
Fox News Channel is looking to get more tech-savvy. If you've watched the network's election coverage in recent weeks, you might have noticed that, beginning with the Iowa Caucuses and appearing again during the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, FNC's election-night anchors made use of a graphic on set that displayed what people were googling as voters went to the polls . It's designed to be a ...
CHANNEL Nine wants a super-charged Big Bash to take on the Australian Open tennis in future.
CHICAGOÂ and BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Â Incapital announced plans today to sponsor Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) All-American middleweight contender Chris Weidman on Saturday ...
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Looking back at a weekend of televised sports ... Most enigmatic coverage Fox had another UFC mixed-martial arts card in primetime on Saturday -- the second ever and the first of four in 2012. So far, Fox has had some rotten luck. The first card back in November featured one fight that lasted less than one round. On Saturday, there were three fights and all went the distance, making for a boring ...
FOX Sports has turned off the Dellevision. Wendell Sailor has become a casualty of rugby league's broadening TV war after being sacked by Fox Sports.
As expected, NFL Network has bolstered its primetime game roster, adding five Thursday Night Football contests in the 2012 campaign. Commissioner Roger Goodell, speaking at his state of the NFL address to the media in Indianapolis on Friday before Super Bowl XLVI, said the NFL Network will air 13 Thursday Night Football telecasts, kicking off in the second week of the season and extending ...
By Tom Jones, Times Staff Writer Sunday, January 29, 2012 Tampa Bay Times staff writer Tom Jones looks back at the best and worst from a weekend of televised sports. Most enigmatic coverage Fox had another UFC mixed-martial arts card in prime time on Saturday — the second ever and the first of four in 2012. So far, Fox has had some rotten luck. The first card back in November featured one fight ...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Without much fanfare, soccer will take another big step into the American mainstream this weekend when Manchester United's game at Arsenal becomes the first English Premier League match to be televised live by a U.S. over-the-air network.
